India divided into North ,South on National Language Hindi is said to be spoken by 43 % and other local languages like Telgu, Hindi, Kanada, Marathi, Bangla constitute a mere 5 to 9%. That is precisely the logic and legitimacy of crowning it as the de facto National language as it I spoke by a sizeable majority .The NEP unveiled is new wine in old bottle. The medium of instruction in mother tongue and local languages, though not compulsory will be for the poor and not the elite, who have an alternative and means to pursue their choice.. The upward mobility in recent time in Education and professions will be a further setback .The South has been resisting the imposition and will continue the opposition for equal treatment for all languages. The knowledge of Hindi alone is wrongly presumed as the integrating the diverse Nation. Hindi is not sign of Nationalism or patriotism, as it is projected to be . Most of the signage’s are in Hindi and English and so also Govt. circulars, orders and communication and competitive exams. The P.M of India has mostly been from the Hindi heartlands, except for Narashima Rao and Devi Gauda, who was forced to deliver Independence day speech in Hindi, though he was not conversant with it, P.M speech from ramparts of red fort is always in Hindi the language of majority and will continue, even though it is intended for the whole Nation
The Govt. of India was willing to push 400 crores for use of Hindi in UNO and once again reinforces the thrust towards one particular language in exclusion All the indigenous languages need equal treatment in the development to integrate a diverse Nation and Govt. is pushing, pursuing a hidden agenda on the issue of Hindi and Sanskrit The North too should include languages of South in Education, when there is provision for other languages like German ,French, Portuguese, Russian. Mandarin etc Hindi alone cannot be thrust down the throats as the link language for National integration Nelson Lopes Chinchinim